Course detail

Engineering Materials and Heat Treatment

FSI-HMT Acad. year: 2021/2022 Summer semester

The course Engineering Materials and Heat Treatment familiarises students with constructional and tool metals, as well as non-metal materials, which are used in mechanical engineering nowadays. Lessons are focused on relations among the chemical composition, properties, structure of material, and its use. Emphasis is placed on linking theoretical knowledge and practical ability to solve the most common problems associated with material sciences occurring in technical practice.
The course deals with the following topics:
– influence of metallurgy on properties and structure of steel and alloys
– phase changes during the heat processing
– construction steel
– weldability of steels
– mechanical properties of steels
– steels and alloys for casts
– tool materials.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Completion of the course should enable students to select a suitable material for a specific application, including the design of its heat treatment or surface treatment. At the same time, students should be able to identify the most common problems in practice related to materials and their processing.

Prerequisites

The course is a follow-up to the courses BUM and 3SV and is intended to deepen and widen the acquired knowledge in the area of engineering applications.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work and excursion.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended 100% seminars with active participation and worked out a paper regarding the presented topics. Excused absence has to be compensated for via working out an alternative assignment. The exam has a written and an oral part. The written part is focused on four of the main topics presented in the lectures. In the oral part of the exam a student answers additional and complementary questions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge necessary to choose and use constructional materials in order to reach utility properties. The course is a follow-up to the following courses: "Introduction to Material Science and Engineering", "Structure and Property of Materials", and is intended to deepen and widen the acquired knowledge in the area of engineering applications.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Missed lessons may be compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
branch STG: Manufacturing Technology, 4 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction, evaluation of material hardness
2. Evaluation of hardness and microhardness of layers and coatings
3. Austenitization, Basic types of heat treatment
4. Processes of quenching and tempering
5. Chemical-heat treatment
6. Construction steel I.
7. Construction steel II.
8. Corrosion-resistant and refractory materials
9. Tool steels I.
10. Tool steels II., Selected types of coatings for NO and RO
11. Steels for castings and graphitic cast irons
12. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys I. – Al, Mg
13. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys II – Cu, Ti, Ni

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction, evaluation of material hardness
2. Evaluation of hardness and microhardness of layers and coatings
3. Austenitization, Basic types of heat treatment
4. Processes of quenching and tempering
5. Chemical-heat treatment
6. Construction steel I.
7. Corrosion-resistant and refractory materials
8. Tool steels I.
9. Tool steels II., Selected types of coatings for NO and RO
10. Steels for castings and graphitic cast irons
11. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys I. – Al, Mg
12. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys II – Cu, Ti, Ni
13. Excursion